Revoluble ribbon-cabinet.



No. 654,062. Patented luly l7, I900.

G. W. HADDDX.

BEVOLUBLE RIBBON CABINET.

(Application filed Mar. 9, 1900.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets.-Sheet o'rye No. 654,062. Patented July I7, ISM )0.v

. G. W. HADDUX.

REVOLUBLE RIBBON CABINET.

(Application filed Mar. 9, 1900.)

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(No Model.)

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GEORGE W. I-IADDOX, OF WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

REVOLUBLE RIBBON-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,062, dated July 1'7, 1900.

Application filed March 9, 1900. Serial No. 8,043. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HAnDoX,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Winchester, in the county of Frederick and State of Virginia, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Revoluble Ribbon-Gabinets', of which the following is a specification. v Myinvention relates to certain new and use ful improvements in revoluble ribbon-cabinets, and resides in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated in the accom- 'panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same, some of the drawers being removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the drawers, a spool-holder being shown detached. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken through a portion of one of the drawer-compartments, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing the drawer guides and sup ports and illustrating the manner of detachably looking or holding the drawers in place.

The numeral 1 indicates a suitable base or standard on which is revolubly mounted my improved cabinet. The base or standard 1 may be constructed in such manner as to adapt it to be secured upon a counter.

The cabinet is preferably rectangular in shape, as shown, having two long and two short sides, the latter being herein referred to as the ends of the cabinet. In each side of the cabinet are provided two drawer-compartments 2 3, while each end is provided with one such compartment,indicated,respectively, by the numerals 4 5.

The numerals 6 7 indicate the ends of the cabinet, and the numerals 8 9 vertical parti tions located on opposite sides of the cabinet and separating the compartments 2 2 and 3 3. The compartments 4 5 are formed by two pairs of parallel upright partitions 1O 10 and 11 11. Located at suitable distances apart on opposite sides of the partitions 8 9 and at corresponding intervals on the inner sides of the ends 6 7 are a series of drawer supports or guides 12 for supporting in each side compartment 2 3 a vertical series of drawers 13. Similar supports or guides are located at intervals on the opposing sides of the partitions 10 and 11 to support in each end compartment a similar vertical series of drawers 13. The drawers 13 are of slight depth from front to rear and are so proportioned that when in 7 a closed position their front ends will lie Well within the compartment in which they are located. This is to permit of a glass door in the drawers being left to overhang thefront edge of the drawers, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Thus the ends of the ribbons in all of the drawers may be exposed to view, while the glass doors 14 will protect them from dust and dirt. The doors 14 are held in place at the upper end of each compartment by means of a beading 15, extending around the upper edge of the cabinet.

As shown in Fig. 4, each of the drawers 13 comprises a front member 16, two side members 17 18, and a rear member 19. These drawers have no bottoms. One side member 18 of each drawer is provided centrally of its length with an aperture 20, while its opposite side member 17 has its upper edge cut away to provide a recess 21-,from the bottom of which leads an aperture 22.

The numeral 23 indicates a spool-holder, which is simply a length of wire rod having one end bent at a right angle, as indicated at 24. The spools of ribbon are indicated by the numeral 25. In practice the spools for each drawer are slipped one at a time upon a holder 23, being spaced apart thereon by means of pasteboard blocks 26, one or more of which is inserted on the holder 23 between the ends of adjacent spools. The square ends of these blocks are adapted to extend to and abut against the inner side of the front 16 of the drawer, their lower edge being supported by aledge 27 at the bottom of said front. Thus the spacing-blocks 26 will be prevented from turning, and when the ribbon 28 is unwound from one spool the adjacent spool will not be affected. The holder 23, after having been supplied with the required number of spools, is secured in the drawer 13 by inserting its straight end into the aperture 20 and its bent ,end 24 into the aperture 22, whereby said holder is prevented from turning. The recess 21 permits the rod or holder 23 to assume a horizontal position.

Unless some means is provided for holding the drawers closed there is likelihood, on the cabinet being rapidly or suddenly revolved, of the drawers being thrown outward against the glass doors. This might also occur when the ribbon was being pulled or unwound from aspool. In order to overcome this objection,

provide a recess 29 in the upper edge and near the outer end of each drawer-support 12 and from a projection on the under edge and near the outer end of each side member 17 18, which projections are adapted to be received in said recesses when the drawers are closed. A cheap way of providing these projections is to drive a small staple 30 in the bottom of each side member, the heads of which will fit in the recesses 29 and oifer the necessary resistance to the drawer being opened. Other ways of forming these projections can be adopted.

When all the drawers are in place, it will be seen that they inclose a space 31 in the cen ter of the cabinet. This space I utilize for storing spools of ribbon to replace those which have been used in the drawers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- A ribbon-cabinet having a series of drawers slidably mounted therein,each of said drawers comprising a rectangular frame having one of its sides provided with an aperture and its opposite side edge recessed and having an aperture leading from said recess, and a spoolholder comprising a rod having a straight end adapted to be inserted in the first of said apertures and a bent end adapted to be inserted in the second, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witness'es.

GEO. W. HADDOX.

Witnesses:

HENRY MQONAN, E. E. SHERMAN. 

